Cassytha filiformis L.

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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BOTANICAL
GARDfiti.
Family	Lauraceae
Common Name Love Vine, Love Wine
Dcscripfion	Herbaceous vine that varies from green to orange in color.
Specimens with whitish green flowers.
Location/llabitat Lower Deadman's Cay along the road by the school. Disturbed low dry
evergreen florest/coppice.
Latitude	23°!0’45”N	Longitude 75°05’52” W
Uses/Comments One of the top ingredients in bush tea. The vine is added with other plants
and boiled. The resulting decoction is taken for fertility, strength, as an
aphrodisiac, etc.
Collector(s)	Laurel Richey and F-than Frcid
Collection No 98-266 Duplicates 4 Date November 28,1998
1’liint* Dried ll.slii|> it Kerosene Unitor
Vouchers for Laurel Richey's PhD Dissertation
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